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From A Recent TIME Magazine Interview with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CE0 of Facebook
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg ]
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TIME: Why do you describe Facebook as a "social utility" rather than a "social network?"
Zuckerberg: I think there's confusion around what the point of social networks is. A lot of different companies characterized as social networks have different goals - some serve the function of business networking, some are media portals.
* What we're trying to do is just make it really efficient for people to communicate, get information and share information *.
We always try to emphasize the utility component.
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[ http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1644040,00.html ]
What Do You Think ???
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Thanks!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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Received on Thu Aug 16 2007 - 14:12:40 EDT